Word: meritable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bladder caused by snail-borne parasites common in Egypt. In 1944, he infected himself with the parasites (TIME, Dec. 6, 1946). The experiment cost him his own health, but it gave science some valuable clues for controlling the disease. This week Dr. Barlow, 71, received the Medal of Merit from President Truman...
Pinnacle. In New London, Conn., Navy Commander Eugene B. Fluckey (Congressional Medal of Honor, Navy Cross with three gold stars, two unit citations) earned the necessary merit badges, at 34, to become an Eagle Scout...
Astronomer-Ballistician Hubble came back from his second war with the Medal of Merit, and settled down. With his wife, the former Grace Burke, he lives in a charming mission-style house in San Marino, near Pasadena, on the edge of a steep geological fault which he thinks may be incubating an earthquake...
...early Magenta had an easier time of it than its successors, however, since it appeared only fortnightly and could concentrate on perfection and literary merit rather than spot news. During this time the paper was assembled in leisurly fashion after a meeting of editors in the President's room, where the efforts of the board were revised by two members and then shuttled off to a printing company in Boston...
...graduate of the University of Virginia in 1921 and the Harvard Law School in 1924, Marbury made a distinguished record in legal service to the War Department during World War II. He was awarded the Medal for Merit, highest honor given a civilian in recognition of war service...